Celebrities
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Ken Kelly, a Black space engineer and L.A. housing advocate, dies at 92
Kelly was an early-day electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed... -
Luis Palau, international evangelical pastor who worked with Billy Graham, dies
Luis Palau grew his evangelical empire, especially among the Spanish-speaking... -
Roger Mudd, TV news star for CBS and NBC, dies at 93
Mudd interviewed Robert F. Kennedy shortly before he was assassinated... -
Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91
Norton Juster's "The Phantom Tollbooth" was published in 1961, with... -
Gabriel B. Zavala, trailblazing mariachi performer and teacher, dies
In a male-dominated field, Zavala founded the Mariachi Rosas del... -
Walter Gretzky, father of NHL star Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82
Walter Gretzky, father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky whose down-to-earth... -
Gerald Locklin, Long Beach poet and defining West Coast literary voice, dies
Admired by Charles Bukowski and legions of Cal State Long... -
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and titan of the Beat era, dies at 101
Ferlinghetti was the co-founder of the legendary City Lights bookstore... -
Eunice Sato, first female and only Asian American mayor of Long Beach, dies at 99
Sato and her family fled to Colorado when the government...